[Quoting Ken Williams, on June 17 2005, 06:46, in "Re: RFC: Getopt::Mo"] > > If so, is that why there is so much resistance to evaluating in > > anything > > besides command-line order? > > I dunno. Personally, I think you should just write your module. =) > Don't call it ::Modern or ::User, because clearly there's a lot of > disagreement among the users here, call it something like > ::NonExclusive. But it seems like the worst that could happen is that > people don't use it.
In the 15 years I've been developing and maintaining Getopt::Long I've spoken many people with very specific (even weird) wishes. That's why I mentioned a couple of times that command line options processing is almost a religious issue. Many people I talked to found what they needed in Getopt::Long, and sometimes I added their suggestions for them. The relatively few people that didn't see their wishes granted developped their own Getopt:: modules. I see no problem with that. I think that's part of the freedom that the world of free software provides. As for the naming, I'd suggest Getopt::Personal::EWilhelm, since that indicates clearly what it is, as I understand it from the discussion. -- Johan
